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There is one place left for a current student to work as a Special Collections and Archives intern as part of the University’s Degreeplus programme. We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to box-list the archives of The Cathedrals…
This month’s featured item is a timely accession to the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Library. Whether you are rejoicing or commiserating at the recent General Election result, this unassuming volume provides a glimpse of corrupt election practices in Victorian…
Special Collections and Archives staff are excited to be working with the School of Humanities on our forthcoming Dymock Poets conference on 6-7 June. A wide variety of excellent speakers can be heard on the Saturday followed by the premier…
Our feature this month is a recent deposit of 100 year old sports caps (University Archive reference D564). They belonged to Frank Nuttall, a St Paul’s student at Cheltenham Training College between 1913-1915. The caps came in their original Thomas…
Since the autumn term our MA Creative and Critical Writing students have been working on a project with our Dymock Poets special collection. Ash, Chloe, Matt and Senja are working on a new play based on the poets that’ll be…
A slightly belated welcome to Explore Your Archive Week – the national archive awareness campaign run by The National Archives and the Archives and Records Association.The Special Collections and Archives have been busy working on displays for the Remembrance Concert…
Today is National Sporting Heritage Day, and by coinsidence Special Collections and Archives staff have been researching photographs of our sports teams from the First World War era for our Students’ Union. Here are some of the images we’ve come…
With the exciting launch of our new fashion courses BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Fashion and Textiles (Strategic Alliance FdA), our item of the month focuses on historic fashion course provision by our predecessor colleges. The Special Collections and Archives…
The Old Cheltenham Twitter account (@Old_Cheltenham) recently shared this piece of film footage showing Cheltenham School of Arts and Crafts students in 1925. They can be seen re-enacting scenes from Noah’s Ark dressed in fabulous animal costumes. https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/0x4dK6Ti0Wg&source=uds The School went on to…